decisions and rulings

São Paulo, Brazil CNN  —  The head of Brazil’s electoral court on Wednesday rejected Jair Bolsonaro’s petition to annul ballots from this year’s presidential vote, calling the…

Abuja, Nigeria CNN  —  Two TikTok comedians have been publicly whipped in Nigeria for making a video that a court in the northern Kano State ruled had defamed the state Governor…

CNN  —  A judge in Russia has left US basketball star Brittney Griner’s verdict in place, decreasing only slightly her sentence of nine years in prison.…

CNN  —  Marital rape was defined as rape in a landmark decision by India’s Supreme Court on Thursday. The country’s top court also stated that all women,…